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Mr. Palfrey of Westminster [videorecording] : complete collection / by Blakiston, Caroline,1933-; Chapman, Michael,1935-; Hodson, Christopher,1929-; Markstein, George(CARDINAL)516230; McCowen, Alec; Wood, Clive,1954-; Acorn Media (Firm)(CARDINAL)340133; British Broadcasting Corporation(CARDINAL)143648; Thames Television, ltd.(CARDINAL)134539;
Executive producer, Lloyd Shirley.Alec McCowen, Caroline Blakiston, Clive Wood.He describes himself as "just a civil servant." But in the cloak-and-dagger world of the British security services, mild-mannered Mr. Palfrey is an invaluable player in the spy game. A master of counterespionage and a spy-catcher extraordinaire, he is smart, discreet, cunning and likes to do things his own way. His new boss quickly realizes the talents and the dangers of the deceptively charming, utterly ruthless Palfrey. Known simply as "the Coordinator" she appoints an assistant to work with Palfrey, but report back to her. As always, however, Palfrey has his own ideas.Not rated; contains nudity.DVD; Dolby digital stereo; 4:3 full screen aspect ratio.
Subjects: Fiction television programs; Spy television programs.; Television programs; Video recordings for the hearing impaired; Intelligence service;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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King Lear [electronic resource] / by Shakespeare, William,1564-1616.(CARDINAL)137692; Branagh, Kenneth,performer.(CARDINAL)332897; McCowen, Alec,performer.; Scofield, Paul,1922-2008,performer.; Findaway World, LLC.(CARDINAL)345268; Naxos AudioBooks, Ltd.; Playaway Digital Audio.;
Read by Paul Scofield with Alec McCowen, Kenneth Branagh and full cast.Presents Shakespeare's tragedy of a foolish and self-indulgent king who learns, late in life and after terrible suffering, the value of self-knowledge.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Lear, King of England (Legendary character); Aging parents; Britons; Fathers and daughters; Inheritance and succession; Kings and rulers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Frenzy / by Hitchcock, Alfred1899-1980-director.(local)tlcaut17078389544599; Shaffer, Anthony,1926-2001screenwriter.(DLC)n 79006445; Goodwin, Ron,musical director.(DLC)n 82155101; Finch, Jon,1941-2012,actor.(DLC)n 86041230; McCowen, Alecactor.(DLC)n 79081597; Foster, Barry,1927-2002,actor.(DLC)no2002023297; La Bern, Arthur J.Goodbye Piccadilly, farewell Leicester Square.(DLC)n 50041741; Universal Pictures (Firm)(DLC)n 83146749 ; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),production company.(DLC)no2006015955;
Music by Ron Goodwin.Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster.An innocent man accused of a series of murders is on a desperate quest to find the real criminal and clear his name.DVD.
Subjects: Feature films.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Frenzy [videorecording] / by Finch, Jon,1941-2012.; Hitchcock, Alfred,1899-1980.(CARDINAL)139569; McCowen, Alec.; Shaffer, Anthony,1926-2001.(CARDINAL)138189; Whitelaw, Billie.; Universal Pictures (Firm)(CARDINAL)318695; Universal Studios.;
Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster, Billie Whitelaw, Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bernard Cribbins, Vivien Merchant.In modern-day London, a sex criminal known as the Necktie Murderer has the police on alert; and in typical Hitchcock fashion, their trail is leading to an innocent man who must now elude the law and prove his innocence by finding the real murderer.MPAA rating: R.DVD; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono.
Subjects: Feature films.; Horror films.; Mystery films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Judicial error; Serial murders; Sex offenders;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Travels with my aunt [videorecording] / by Cresson, James,film producer.; Cukor, George,1899-1983,film director.(CARDINAL)710936; Fryer, Robert,film producer.(CARDINAL)847620; Gossett, Louis,Jr.,1936-actor.(CARDINAL)749165; Greene, Graham,1904-1991.Travels with my aunt.; McCowen, Alec,actor.; Smith, Maggie,1934-actor.(CARDINAL)681366; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,presenter.(CARDINAL)150193;
Alec McCowen, Louis Gossett Jr., Maggie Smith.'They're killing him bit by bit!' Flamboyant, flame-haired 70-plus Augusta Bertram has opened a package containing a finger that recently belonged to her years-ago lover. The victim's kidnappers continue mailing expendable body parts, and Augusta enlists the aid of her stuffy nephew in a mad to-the-rescue adventure across Europe in pursuit of 100,000 dollars in ransom money. The scramble to save a life just might also liberate the nephew's life-starved soul.MPAA rating: PG.DVD, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation, Dolby Digital mono.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Film adaptations.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Aunts; Hostages; Nephews;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Frenzy [videorecording] / by Finch, Jon,1941-2012; Hitchcock, Alfred,1899-1980.(CARDINAL)139569; McCowen, Alec.; Shaffer, Anthony,1926-2001.(CARDINAL)138189; Whitelaw, Billie,1932-; Universal Pictures (Firm)(CARDINAL)318695;
Director, Alfred Hitchcock ; writer, Anthony Shaffer.Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster, Billie Whitelaw, Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bernard Cribbins, Vivien Merchant.In modern-day London, a sex criminal known as the Necktie Murderer has the police on alert; and in typical Hitchcock fashion, their trail is leading to an innocent man who must now elude the law and prove his innocence by finding the real murderer.MPAA rating: R.DVD.
Subjects: Detective and mystery films.; Feature films.; Horror films.; Judicial error; Serial murders; Sex offenders;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Hanover Street [videorecording] / by Ford, Harrison,1942-actor.(CARDINAL)740457; Down, Lesley-Anne,actor.; Plummer, Christopher,actor.(CARDINAL)344895; McCowen, Alec,actor.; Masur, Richard,actor.; Sacks, Michael,actor.; Lazarus, Paul N.,producer.(CARDINAL)741431; Hyams, Peter,screenwriter,director.(CARDINAL)784580; Columbia Pictures.(CARDINAL)747663; Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)332237;
Director of photography, David Watkin ; production design, Philip Harrison ; film editor, James Mitchell ; music, John Barry.Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer, Alec McCowen, Richard Masur, Michael Sacks.An American bomber pilot falls in love with a British nurse, and then must escort her husband on a mission behind enemy lines.MPAA rating: PG.DVD; Dolby Digital surround.
Subjects: Feature films.; War films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; World War, 1939-1945; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The hiding place [sound recording] / by Ten Boom, Corrie.(CARDINAL)143383; Andrew,Brother.(CARDINAL)711382; Blair, Isla.; Craig, Wendy,1934-; Goodman, Henry.; Lesser, Anton.(CARDINAL)344897; McCowen, Alec.; Pravda, Hana Maria.; Taylor, Jonny.; Van Randwyck, Issy.; Focus on the Family Resources.; Tyndale Entertainment.;
Wendy Craig, Isla Blair, Alec McCowen, Henry Goodman, Brother Andrew, Anton Lesser, Jonny Taylor, Issy Van Randwyck, Hana Maria Pravda, et al.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Ten Boom, Corrie.; Ravensbrück (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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The hiding place [sound recording] : the acclaimed story of Corrie Ten Boom / by Andrew,Brother.(CARDINAL)711382; Arnold, Dave,producer.; Blair, Isla,performer.; Craig, Wendy,1934-performer.; Glassborow, Philip,director.; Goodman, Henry,performer.; Lesser, Anton,performer.(CARDINAL)344897; McCowen, Alec,performer.; Pravda, Hana,performer.; Taylor, Jonny,performer.; Ten Boom, Corrie.Hiding place.; Van Randwyck, Issy,performer.; Focus on the Family (Organization)(CARDINAL)381252;
Dave Arnold, producer and adaptation ; Philip Glassborow, director ; Jared Depasquale, music composer/orchestrator.Wendy Craig, Isla Blair, Alec McCowen, Henry Goodman, Anton Lesser, Jonny Taylor, Issy Van Randwyck, Hana Maria Pravda ; with supporting cast.Recorded in London and Holland.An old Dutch watchmaker and his two daughters become the center of a major underground operation: to hide Jewish refugees from the occupying Germans. They break all the rules to save the lives of men, women, and children being hunted by the Nazis. The cost of their bravery is betrayal, and they end up in the dreaded Ravensbruck concentration camp. Nevertheless, they continue their efforts to save those around them.Ages 12 and older; for themes and scenes of a mature nature.
Subjects: Radio adaptations.; Radio programs.; Ten Boom, Corrie; Ravensbrück (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Henry V / by Branagh, KennethFilm directorScreenwriterActoradapterdirector.(DLC)nr 88009360; Sharman, Bruce,Film producerproducer.(DLC)nr 96037900; Doyle, Patrick,1953-Composermusical director.(DLC)no 97051966; Scofield, Paul,1922-2008,Actor.(DLC)n 84130839; Jacobi, DerekActor.(DLC)no 89015792; Holm, Ian,1931-2020Actor.(DLC)n 86138505; Thompson, Emma,Actor.(DLC)n 88655644; McCowen, Alec,Actor.(DLC)n 79081597; Dench, Judi,1934-Actor.(DLC)n 87856331; Bale, Christian,1974-Actor.(DLC)no 99076012; British Broadcasting Company,Presenter.(DLC)n 79074360 ; Dawoori Entertainment,Publisher.(DLC)no2009092059; Renaissance Films (Firm),Presenter.(DLC)nr 96037898 ; Samuel Goldwyn Co,Presenter.(DLC)no 94028897 ;
Music composed by Patrick Doyle.Kenneth Branagh, Paul Scofield, Derek Jacobi, Emma Thompson, Ian Holm, Alec McCowen, Judi Dench, Christian Bale."Prince Hal" has ascended to the throne of England. He proceeds to assert his hereditary claim to the throne of France, gathers an army and embarks on a course that will lead to one of England's greatest battlefield triumphs--the bloody Battle of Agincourt--and forever change the face of Europe. King Henry V unites his people, deals justly with traitors, leads his soldiers to victory, and in the end ensures the peace by marrying the French princess Katherine.DVD, widescreen, NTSC, all regions, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Feature films; Fiction films; Film adaptations; Historical films; Action and adventure films; War films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422; Agincourt, Battle of, Agincourt, France, 1415;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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